Vista Hits, Sony Kills Blu-ray, the Birth of Megatasking

As we roll to the end of the year, events continue to take place that are changing dramatically the technologies and environments we live in. Last week, Microsoft had a coming-out party for Vista -- but only for the business market. While most feel it can't ramp up in business until 2008, there is clearly massive pressure building to accelerate adoption in 2007, and we probably should discuss that. In addition, Sony had a massive executive shake-up right after some of us -- well me, actually -- started talking about Blu-ray losing out to HD DVD.

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